MY BAG: Graeme McDowell
FOR THE IRISH OPEN
"This driver has a deep face—it sits great behind the ball—and I like that I can flight it high or low depending on conditions."
1. DRIVER
Cleveland
Classic 290 (9°)
clevelandgolf.com
SHAFT: Miyazaki
Kusala Indigo 56 (X flex)
miyazakigolfshafts.com
2. FAIRWAY METAL
Cleveland
Launcher FL (14°)
SHAFT: Miyazaki
Kusala Indigo 72 graphite (Stiff)
3. HYBRIDS
Adams
Idea Pro a12 (17°)
adamsgolf.com
SHAFT: Miyazaki
Kusala Indigo 83 (X flex)
Adams
Idea a7 (22°)
SHAFT: Matrix
Ozik (X flex)
matrixshafts.com
4. IRONS
Srixon
Z-TX II (four-through nine-iron)
srixon.com
SHAFTS: Royal Precision
Project X 6.5
royalprecision.com
5. WEDGES
Cleveland
588 Forged (48°, 52°, 58°)
SHAFTS: Royal Precision
Project X 6.5
6. PUTTER
Odyssey
White Hot 7
odysseygolf.com
7. BALL
Srixon
Z-Star XV Pure White
8. SHOES
Ecco
World Class GTX
eccousa.com
GRIPS
Golf Pride
Tour Velvet
golfpride.com
TECH TALK
CAT CLAWS
Nike's TW'13 is a light, natural-motion shoe made for a Tiger
WHEN TIGER WOODS heads to the gym or out for a run he wears something from the Nike Free line of shoes, which are built to replicate going barefoot. So when it was time to build a new golf shoe, Woods wanted to crossbreed his old shoes with the Free. Not so fast, said the engineers. There's such a thing as too much flexibility, and the trick was to devise something that combined stability and mobility. Hence the Free-inspired TW'13.
An inner layer contains stiff FlyWire for stability and stretch panels for a molded fit.
Longitudinal and lateral channels cut in the outsole provide flex, but they are fewer and shallower than on the Free.
Instead of a solid urethane bottom, the sole combines pods of TPU and lightweight foam. The shoe weighs only 13.9 ounces, almost five ounces less than Woods's old model.
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PHOTO
FRED VUICH (BALL)
PHOTO
FRED VUICH (BAG); COURTESY OF CLEVELAND GOLF (LAUNCHER FAIRWAY METAL)
PHOTO
ROBERT BECK (MCDOWELL)
PHOTO
COURTESY OF ECCO (SHOE)
TWO PHOTOS
COURTESY OF NIKE (2, TW'13)
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS